House Republican leaders demand Senate reject immigration compromise; Haley joins opposition to deal – as it happened
by Chris Stein (now) and LĂ©onie Chao-Fong (earlier) from US news | The Guardian on (#6JCR0)
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In a just-released statement, the top Republicans in the House called on the Senate to vote down the bipartisan immigration policy legislation.
Any consideration of this Senate bill in its current form is a waste of time. It is DEAD on arrival in the House. We encourage the U.S. Senate to reject it," speaker Mike Johnson, majority leader Steve Scalise, whip Tom Emmer and conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik said.
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